Field Trip

It’s a revival nearly 60 years strong. Skipjack racing, a once popular sport on the Chesapeake Bay, fell out of fashion after the Great Depression and with the decline of traditional fishing boats. But in 1959, a few Deal Island boat captains and members of the Deal Island-Chance Lions Club …

This past September, the Smithsonian opened the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in Washington, D.C., to immediate and immense acclaim. Now, nearly a year later, the long lines of eager visitors have diminished a bit, making it the perfect time to visit this vibrant, visceral record …

Before Manny Machado, Chris Tillman and Jonathan Schoop became stars with the Orioles, they honed their baseball skills in the team’s minor league system, including fruitful stints with the Bowie Baysox, Baltimore’s affiliate in the Eastern League. The “minors” brim with the same drama, hope and heartbreak found at the …

At some hazy point in the not-too-distant future, Harriet Tubman—escaped slave, Underground Railroad conductor, Civil War spy/nurse/cook—will take up residence in your wallet by giving the heave-ho to ex-President Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill. The federal government further honored Tubman by establishing the Harriet Tubman Underground …

Established in 2002, New York City’s Museum of Sex offers a stimulating peek into the evolution of human sexuality by tracing our collective provocative history with a whimsical eye. Ongoing exhibitions include “HARDCORE,” which features hand-drawn cartoons, how-to manuals and the first stag film—the salacious, silent A Free Ride (circa …

On December 1, for the eighth—and final—time, Barack Obama, accompanied by his immediate family, will preside over the lighting of the National Christmas Tree. If you were not among the lucky few to snag free tickets to attend the event—with performances by pop star Kelly Clarkson, Chance the Rapper, gospel …

A dizzying array of music, food and art, the three-day Richmond Folk Festival emphatically puts the life into folklife by celebrating local, national and international cultural traditions on a mega scale. This year, its seven stages burst with performances by Italy’s Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, gospel legends The Fairfield Four, zydeco …

Tucked away inconspicuously in the southeastern corner of Pennsylvania, a shiitake’s throw from Philadelphia, lies the town of Kennett Square, the self-proclaimed Mushroom Capital of the World. Kennett Square, however, has the bona fides to back up its boast, annually cranking out 404 million pounds of white buttons, portobellos and …